Mick Malthouse has revealed his family was bitter and even disappointed in ''humanity'' over the manner in which the coaching great left Collingwood.

Adding more spice to Sunday's grudge clash between Malthouse's new club, Carlton, and his former team, Malthouse suggested the pain of his departure from the Magpies after a tumultuous 2011 campaign had yet to subside.

His manager Peter Sidwell said on Tuesday that Malthouse had every right to have those feelings, but insisted there was not more to the story than had already been reported.

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Malthouse said on Monday he would not ''break bread'' with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and ''Eddie knows exactly the reason why''. The pair fell out in 2011 and the relationship deteriorated last season.

McGuire, who is overseas, said he had ''no idea'' to what Malthouse was alluding.

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''He resigned. He made the play every step. We fulfilled all his wishes,'' McGuire said. ''He can choose his dinner dates. [I'm] not fussed.''

On Tuesday, Malthouse used an interview on Carlton TV to detail the emotions his wife Nanette and their children experienced in 2011. He said they had thought he would not coach again.

Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse, assistant coach Nathan Buckley, left and president Eddie McGuire right, watch the presentation of the premiership cup to Geelong after Malthouse's final game as Magpie coach, September 2011. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo

''They thought it was finished at the end at Collingwood. They were a little disappointed, a little bitter in many respects, I think, in the way it finished and [were] really done with football, really quite disappointed with humanity if you like,'' he said.

''I like to build things on friendship and they go along with that friendship. But when it's broken, it's broken, and badly broken.''

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire thanks outgoing coach Mick Malthouse on behalf of supporters who turned out in large numbers at Gosch's Paddock for the club's family day on October 2, 2011. Photo: Paul Rovere

In 2009, Malthouse had agreed to a succession plan, with Nathan Buckley to replace him in 2011 and

the three-time premiership coach to then be well remunerated as a director of coaching for another three years. But he chose to leave. McGuire was incensed early last season when Malthouse, then in the media, questioned Buckley's new game plan, and there was more heat in August when McGuire cited health reasons as why the succession plan was formulated.

''Mick is a mighty person. He is an amazing coach. But his closest confidant and his manager, Peter Sidwell, and I met and we were a little worried at that stage that it might kill him because he put so much into it. The stress, and all the things that were going on around him in his life at that stage, both physically and mentally, and that around his family, which were a huge warning, were really building up,'' McGuire said while delivering the annual Bob Rose lecture at the RACV Club at the time.

''That is why, and for that reason only - and I want to put it on the record today - that is the only reason why we tried to work a transition that would satisfy Mick's drive and competitive nature, build on his magnificent contribution to our football club and ease the day-to-day strain that was starting to tell on him.''

Malthouse admitted last week he had a health issue ''that young people can get, and still play football with it''.

Asked if the detailed truth between McGuire and Malthouse may only emerge in a book one day, Sidwell replied: ''I think you are missing the point. I don't think there is anything more in it. It depends on one's view on it - that's the difference.

Outgoing Magpies coach Mick Malthouse acknowledges the cheers from supporters the day after the 2011 grand final loss. Photo: Paul Rovere

''It's just a view that Michael has, and it's his right to have it. Any other personal or public view on it is irrelevant. They are judgments of a personal level and I certainly shouldn't enter that - it's a personal thing between him and Eddie.''

Malthouse spent 2012 in the media but joined the Blues on a three-year contract after Brett Ratten was removed. He said he had yet to encounter any criticism from Collingwood supporters.

''I haven't met one Collingwood supporter that has been negative. That surprises me, because I don't think they know the full story, a lot of them don't know the full story,'' he said.

''But, nonetheless, those that I do have contact with just acknowledge the fact that I spent 12 good years at the Collingwood Football Club.''

McGuire has said he wants Malthouse's achievements to eventually be recognised in a fitting manner.

Nanette Malthouse said she was looking forward to Sunday's clash being over. ''I am just dreading it .. That's all everybody talks about … I would like to go and hide somewhere,'' she said.